Structured Teaching Programme on Knowledge Regarding Pre-Menstrual Syndrome among Nursing Students: A Pre-Experimental Study

Abstract

Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) is a collection of symptoms that all young and middle-aged women experience in conjunction with menstrual changes. Physical and emotional symptoms are frequently present one to two weeks before the beginning of each menstrual period. The symptoms will go away when menstruation begins. These symptoms may be felt differently by every woman. The study's objective is to evaluate the efficacy of a structured teaching program on premenstrual syndrome. A quantitative approach was used with a one-group pre- and post-test before the experiment. A non-randomized sampling technique was used to choose the sample size, which is 40 GNM students in their second year. Paired-t-test was used to analyze the data to compare the mean score and draw conclusions. Results showed that 0% of subjects had good knowledge, 15% had average knowledge, and 85% had poor knowledge at the time of the pre-test. Whereas in the post-test, 14 (35%) had mediocre knowledge and 21 (52.5%) had good knowledge. 5 (11.5%) had inadequate knowledge. It demonstrates that the majority of subjects had solid knowledge following the post-test. Thus, research hypothesis (H1) is accepted because a structured teaching program was very successful in improving the knowledge of second-year GNM students regarding premenstrual syndrome. According to the study's findings, the structured teaching program significantly increased knowledge of pre-menstrual syndrome. The study emphasizes the necessity of educational initiatives to raise public awareness of premenstrual syndrome.